Ridecamp: RE: [RC] [RC] Quality of Life (legislating and regulating)

Try the other white meat; Cat!

Bob

Bob Morris
Morris Endurance Enterprises
Boise, ID

-----Original Message-----
From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Linda
Cowles
Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2002 8:52 PM
To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; Lisa M Pardus
Subject: RE: [RC] [RC] Quality of Life (legislating and
regulating)


"Right on Steve! You got it! The name of the game is put the
family
farmer out of business as usual! They can't take on Sea
World, so the hit
the little guy! Unfortunately the REASON mother sows are
tied or
otherwise restrained is the high risk of half OR whole
litters being
SMOTHERED by mother pig. How many farmers can stay in
business if their
sows kill half the litter each breeding?
 Can we have a reality check here?"

I don't think this legislation is trying to get little
farmers or deal with
sow restrains early in nursing. Look at the pictures in
those articles and
check out the size of the operations that they're focusing
on.

These pens aren't just for sows with litters, they are used
for all pigs
from the time the litters are broken up until the animal
goes to slaughter.
The pens are VERY small, just inches larger than a standing
pig.

I won't eat meat raised that way... it can't be healthy for
us either. I'd
rather pay two or three times as much for field raised meat,
and eat less of
it.

Linda Cowles
Horse 'N Hound
New, Consigned & Used Tack
9155 North State St. #13,
Redwood Valley, CA 95470
EASY  access with Hwy 101 frontage!
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